Falling Means Breaking

"Papa, what does it mean to fall in love?"

The sound of his daughter's voice captured Wolf's attention.

"Why do you ask?" He questioned.

"Auntie said that love made you stupid." She answered matter of factly.

He sighed heavily, he was going to have words with his sister. "So instead of asking me to explain your aunt's reasoning, you'd rather ask me what it means to fall in love?"

She looked up at him finally, revealing her gorgeous silver and green eyes. Heterochromia, they called it.

"I figured Auntie was being facetious." He chuckled at her word choice. She was incredibly intelligent. "And I wanted to know what falling in love with Mama meant to you."

There it was, the real reason she asked. He leaned back in his seat as thoughts of his daughter's mother filled his mind. He could still feel her touch in the middle of the night, felt the heat from her body lying beside him, and even tasted her kisses when he was lost in thoughts of her.

"I was a bad man when I met your mother. I didn't have good intentions with her; I wanted to break her spirit and her heart. It was a game for me." He answered truthfully. She was still looking at him so he continued, "I wanted her to fall in love with me so I could break her heart. I wanted her to hate." Siren stared at him in confusion. "I was a bad man. A monster. Your mother never broke; instead, she broke me. I was losing myself to the game I was playing. I was losing sight of my individuality, and she made me different. She broke me to the point that I didn't know myself anymore and I hated that she made me feel that way. I hated that she had power over me while I had no power over her. I hated her."

Siren blinked at him, "Papa, I'm confused."

He smiled softly, "Falling in love means giving someone the power to break you; it means falling apart. Falling apart meant that I could build myself stronger and better. Love made me stronger."

His daughter smiled, but then frowned, "Then why did Auntie say that love made you weak?"

"Because she's a bitch." He took a sip of his coffee, "And you can tell her I said that if she asks."